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Ladislaus II or Ladislas II ( Hungarian: II. László, Croatian and Slovak: Ladislav II; 1131 – 14 January 1163) was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1162 and 1163, having usurped the crown from his nephew, Stephen III . Ladislaus received the title of Duke of Bosnia from his father, Béla II of Hungary, at the age of six but never ruled ...
Ladislaus II or Ladislas II was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1162 and 1163, having usurped the crown from his nephew, Stephen III. ... Ladislaus II or Ladislas ...
LADISLAUS, KING OF HUNGARY, ST. Reigned 1077 to July 29, 1095; b. Poland, c. 1040;d. Nitra, Czechoslovakia. The son of King Béla I of Hungary and a daughter of the Polish King Mesko II, Ladislaus (László, Lazlo, or Lancelot) was elected king against his will after the death of his brother King Geisa I. His cousin Solomon, aided by Emperor ...
However, the Estates favoured the Polish king Ladislaus III Jagiello, who held out the prospect of a strong kingdom in a time when the Ottoman advance into the Balkans threatened to become a danger for Hungary. Ladislaus III fell against the Turks in the Battle of Varna in present-day Bulgaria in 1444.
Ladislaus II (Krakow, 1st March 1456 – Buda, 23rd March 1516) king of Hungary and the Czech Kingdom. Sometimes called Ladislaus Dobrze. ...
Other articles where Ladislas II is discussed: Hungary: The early kings: …by two of his uncles, Ladislas II (1162–63) and Stephen IV (1163–65). Happily, the death of Stephen IV exhausted the supply of uncles, and Stephen III’s brother, Béla III (1173–96), had no domestic rivals to the throne. However, the short reign of Béla’s elder son, Emeric (1196–1204), was spent largely…
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László, Croatian and Slovak: Ladislav II; 1131 – 14 January 1163) was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1162 and 1163, having usurped the crown from his nephew, Stephen III. Ladislaus received the title of Duke of Bosnia from his father, Béla II of Hungary, at the age of six but never ruled the province. Instead, around 1160, he followed ...
